Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction : the myth of sacred in the Canadian constitutional order / Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson, and Michael Lusztig -- Judicial review and group status. Judicial rationalism and the therapeutic constitution : The Supreme Court's reconstruction of equality and democratic process under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Anthony A. Peacock ; Judicial supervision of the political process : Canadian and American responses to homosexual rights challenges / Mark E. Rush ; The Supreme Court of Canada and the complexity of judicial activism / James B. Kelly -- The Constitution and rational choice theory. Canada's three constitutions : protecting, overturning, and reversing the status quo / Tom Flanagan ; Strategic behaviour and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Christopher P. Manfredi -- Non-governmental players in the Constitutional arena. Think tanks, public policy, and constitutional politics in Canada / Donald E. Abelson ; Cooperation and conflict : group activity in R. v. Keegstra / Shannon Ishiyama Smithey -- The culture of constitution-making in Canada. Deeper and deeper : deep diversity, federalism, and redistributive politics in Canada / Michael Lusztig ; Is a "true" multination federation the cure for our ills? / Hudson Meadwell |
Summary |
A title that challenges the "myth of the sacred" - the idea that certain aspects of the constitutional process - judicial political behaviour, interest group politics, and centralization of power - are untouchable politically |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
Subject |
Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
|
SUBJECT |
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada) fast |
Subject |
Political questions and judicial power -- Canada
|
|
Civil rights -- Canada
|
|
LAW -- Constitutional.
|
|
LAW -- Public.
|
|
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
|
|
Civil rights
|
|
Political questions and judicial power
|
|
Verfassungsrecht
|
|
Grondwetten.
|
|
Supreme Court (VS)
|
|
Politieke aspecten.
|
|
Juridische aspecten.
|
|
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire -- Canada.
|
|
Droits de l'homme -- Canada.
|
|
Canada
|
|
Kanada
|
Form |
Electronic book
|
Author |
Abelson, Donald E
|
|
James, Patrick, 1957-
|
|
Lusztig, Michael, 1962-
|
LC no. |
2004274044 |
ISBN |
9780773570573 |
|
0773570578 |
|
1283530015 |
|
9781283530019 |
|
9786613842466 |
|
661384246X |
|